Dreamforce made it possible for Wine Country fire benefit show to happen

Dave Matthews will be in the lineup for the Band Together benefit at AT&T Park for victims of the Wine Country fires.

Dave Matthews will be in the lineup for the Band Together benefit at AT&T Park for victims of the Wine Country fires.

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James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo of Metallica — the band will perform at Thursday’s Band Together benefit concert for Wine Country fire victims.

James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo of Metallica — the band will perform at Thursday’s Band Together benefit concert for Wine Country fire victims.

Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle

Dreamforce made it possible for Wine Country fire benefit show to happen

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Thanks to Dreamforce’s big Dreamfest charity concert Tuesday night at AT&T Park, the recovery effort for the Wine Country fire victims will be getting an extra $500,000.

In fact, having the stage set up for the already scheduled party for UCSF Children’s Hospitals at the ballpark, featuring Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz, was one of the main reasons that Thursday night’s Band Together charity concert for North County fire victims was able to come together quickly.

The concert for the fire victims, which will feature Metallica, G-Eazy, Dave Matthews and Dead & Company, was pulled together by a coalition of Bay Area business and community leaders, including Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff, tech investor Ron Conway, Giants President Larry Baer, Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson and Another Planet Entertainment chief Gregg Perloff.

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“The feeling was, we already have a stage set up, let’s just keep it up for another two days,” said Giants VP Staci Slaughter, who is helping to stage the event.

“The sound, the lights, the video, the ground covering ... is up — all you have to do in bring in the artists and their equipment,” said Matt Prieshoff, Live Nation’s chief of West Coast operations, who is overseeing the setup of the two shows.

“If we didn’t have the first show on Tuesday, all of those would have cost north of $500,000 to install, Prieshoff said.

Instead, the $500,000 will go to the charity chest.

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